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A steroid is a type of organic compound that contains a specific arrangement of four rings that are joined to each other.

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Steroid molecules have skeletons of four fused carbon rings. Each one differs from the other types by the functional group attached to the carbon skeleton

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Acetyl-CoA is a building block of steroids. Steroids are organic compounds such as lipids, testosterone, and estradiol. Natural steroids are made in living cells.

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what is the structure of steroid

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